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Best of Notre Dame 2023

By University of Notre Dame

December 26^th, 2023

From service to discovery. From inspiration to action. From faith to football. From contemplation to achievement. We take you back through the year through the eyes of those capturing life on campus and beyond.

The annual Walk the Walk Week prayer service and candlelight procession to Sacred Heart statue, 2023. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)nston)

UZIMA! Drum and Dance perform at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center as part of the 2023 Walk the Walk Week. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, delivers the keynote reflection at the prayer service in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Live recording of the Black@ND podcast for Walk The Walk Week 2023. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Rev. Dr. Douglas Sparks; Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame; the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry; and Rev. William Michie Klusmeyer pose for a photo in front of the Main Building after the Walk the Walk Week prayer service in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Bishop Curry gave the keynote reflection. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Walk the Walk Week

“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

Law School Dean G. Marcus Cole sorts and folds clothes at St. Margaret’s House in South Bend while volunteering in the annual Notre Dame Law School Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Law School students Tim Steininger and Tanner Christiansen do volunteer work in the greenhouse at Green Bridge Growers in Mishawaka for the annual Notre Dame Law School Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Law student Haley Palmer sorts clothes at the Center for the Homeless in South Bend while volunteering in the annual Law School MLK Jr. Day of Service. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Law School volunteer Monica Caro assembles personal care kits during the annual MLK Jr. Day of Service. One hundred kits were assembled for St. Margaret’s House in South Bend. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Law students put together vegetable soup kits on a Pack Away Hunger assembly line set up in Eck Commons while volunteering during the annual Notre Dame Law School Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The annual Law School MLK Jr. Day of Service. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Rev. Dan Groody, C.S.C., vice president and associate provost for undergraduate education, stands outside his wood shop on campus. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Jason Carley poses in the West Lake Hall industrial design shop. He is a 2009 mechanical engineering graduate and a current MFA graduate student in industrial design. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Carroll Hall and St. Mary’s Lake, winter 2023 (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Fr. Dan Groody works in his woodshop on campus. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The chip makers

A computer wafer is made in Professor Alan Seabaugh’s integrated circuit fabrication course. The chips also contain tiny images of the Notre Dame monogram and leprechaun, images of the Golden Dome and Basilica, and quotes. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Relfection of Main Quad in a puddle following a heavy rain. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Members of the RitmoND Latin Club dance the bachata at the Foreign Language Week Culture Fair in the Dahnke Ballroom. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The Passion

Noah Gonring, center, portrays Jesus in a Notre Dame Folk Choir performance of The Passion at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh. The original interpretation of The Passion was written and arranged by Folk Choir director J.J. Wright. The Folk Choir performed in Naples, Florida; Lauderhill, Florida; Washington, D.C.; New York City; and Pittsburgh during spring break 2023. They brought along a table and chairs from South Dining Hall for the tour. (Photo by Leah Ingle)

A perilous journey: Economics students witness the challenges of migration in Mexico

A migrant looks for Red Cross workers from a freight train near Jesus Nazarene railway station in Puebla, Mexico. The Red Cross had a temporary aid station nearby with supplies such as bottled water, nonperishable food, articles of donated clothing, and toiletries for the migrants.

(Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Panorama composite image of Paris, with the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in the center. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Sainte-Chapelle or “Holy Chapel” in the courtyard of the royal palace on the Île de la Cité in Paris. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

School of Architecture undergraduate student Kyle Dellenbaugh looks at the Paris cityscape from Sacré-Cœur. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris (Photo by Matt Cashore)

A construction worker is outlined against the sky on the second building in the East Campus Research Complex. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

John Liberatore, professor, composer, pianist, and one of the world’s few glass harmonica players, at O’Neill Hall of Music. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Parishioners hold their candles with fire taken from the Paschal Candle during the first part of the Easter Vigil Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The Paschal Candle symbolizes the light of Christ’s resurrection, overcoming the darkness of the tomb. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Flowering tree outside the north entrance to the Hesburgh Library. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Holi festival

Students celebrate the Holi festival as they toss vibrant colored chalk into the air on North Quad. The Law School collaborated with South Asian student organizations across campus for this year’s celebration. The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, the end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play, and laugh. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Bookstore basketball 2023. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Musicians Vidwan J.A. Jayant (left) plays the flute and Pandit Ashwani Shankar (right) plays the shehnai during the Asian Indian Classical Music Society Concert in the Carey Auditorium, Hesburgh Library. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Mammatus clouds hang over campus before a spring storm. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Students play sand volleyball in the court between Pasquerilla East and West. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

A pitch is thrown during a baseball game at Eck Baseball Stadium. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The Mary statue is framed by flowering trees on Main Quad. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The three Notre Dame ROTC units stand for the annual Presidential Pass-in-Review. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

During the annual Pass-in-Review, University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., inspects the ROTC tri-military presence of the University. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Senior Christopher Chung runs across North Quad on his “sky runners.” (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Women’s rowing teammates practice on the St. Joseph River. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Juan Manuel Santos, former president of Colombia, gives the 2023 Commencement address. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

School of Architecture grads celebrate at the conferral of their degree during the 2023 Commencement Ceremony. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

New grad Leah Ingle celebrates on the Main Building steps following Commencement 2023. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

A student shows off their decorated graduation cap at the 2023 Commencement Ceremony. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Notre Dame Law School graduates gather for a group photo on the Main Building steps after their hooding ceremony during Commencement Weekend 2023. (Photo by Peter Ringenberg)

A view of Tokyo from the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree, the tallest tower in the world. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Fukushima firsthand

A guard stands watch outside an evacuation zone in Futaba. Although most formerly evacuated areas in Fukushima have reopened, small pockets were still being decontaminated in May 2023, when this photo was taken. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

After the nuclear meltdown, the Japanese government ordered radioactive topsoil 2 inches deep to be scraped and placed into bags. It is estimated that more than 16 million of these bags are piled through the evacuation zone. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A picture of drought

Graduate student Vanessa Rubio records a lab measurement of a red maple in the Hank Research Facility at UNDERC in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. Here she is measuring the hyperspectral reflectance of the top of the leaf using a spectrometer attached to an integrating sphere. A light source is applied to the integrating sphere and hits the leaf surface and reflectance is measured via fiber optic. The measurement mimics the measures of hyperspectral reflectance taken by sensors on the International Space Station. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Area Fourth of July fireworks go off behind the campus skyline during the 2023 regilding process. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Sunrise behind the Main Building during the summer 2023 regilding process. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios cleans the surface on the statue of Mary before the regilding process. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Bryon Roesselet and Patricia Cannata from Conrad Schmitt gild the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios removes flakes of gold with a fine brush during the regilding process on the statue of Mary. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt sits on the top level on the scaffolding as he gilds the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Michael Prettyman from Conrad Schmitt gilds the right hand on the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios gilds the lower section of the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Golden hour

Summer 2023 marked the first time in nearly two decades that the famous Golden Dome atop the University’s Main Building was regilded.

The statue of Mary regilded atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A “Tiny Planet”–style photo illustration of campus. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Painter Daniel Castro sands by hand the inside frame of a window on the tower of the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Painter Guy Beauchame sands by hand a pilaster on the tower of the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The regilded Golden Dome and statue of Mary shine atop the Main Building. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Hall staff and Welcome Weekend volunteers at Flaherty Hall prepare to welcome a new resident on first-year move-in day. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Incoming first-year student Ilyanna Minor follows Flaherty Hall Welcome Weekend volunteers into the hall as she arrives on move-in day. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Move-in day for first-year students. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., presides at the 2023 Opening Mass in the Joyce Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The class of 2027 takes its first visit to the Grotto during Welcome Weekend. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The Notre Dame Marching Band marches along Dame Street (renamed Notre Dame Street for the day) in Dublin, Ireland, for their pregame concert ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

A U2 tribute band performs at the “Here Come the Irish” event at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Alumni Association service project at Mater Misericordiae, University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Running back Jadarian Price (24) celebrates after a touchdown in the first quarter against Navy at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., gives the homily at Mass at Dublin Castle ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Notre Dame celebrated Mass at Dublin Castle ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game in Dublin. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin is lit up with a Notre Dame monogram ahead of the 2023 Aer Lingus Classic football game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Students study in the new Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the LaFortune Student Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Directors and students meet in the new Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the LaFortune Student Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A student studies in the new Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion inside LaFortune. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A student studies in the new Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Junior Finn Sweeney fires up the charcoal at the Knights of Columbus gameday steak sales on the morning of the first home football game of the 2023 season. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and Tennessee State head coach Eddie George chat before the ND-TSU football game at Notre Dame Stadium. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Members of Ballet Folklórico Azúl y Oro take a selfie after performing at an Institute for Latino Studies event in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Members of Ballet Folklórico Azúl y Oro pose for a photo at the Main Building after performing at an Institute for Latino Studies event in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Members of Ballet Folklórico Azúl y Oro perform at the “Somos ND” event in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Defensive lineman Devan Houstan (98) carries the football team shillelagh as the team runs out of the tunnel before the game against Central Michigan. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The leprechaun and cheerleaders lead the football team out of the tunnel before the game against Central Michigan. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The “Word of Life” mural, commonly known as “Touchdown Jesus,” is seen through an entryway at Notre Dame Stadium during the football game against Central Michigan. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has a conversation with G. Marcus Cole, dean of the Law School, during the 2023–24 Notre Dame Forum in the Leighton Concert Hall of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Framed by the “Woman at the Well” sculpture, students walk across the South Quad between classes. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Attendees at the Notre Dame–Ohio State football game were given green wristbands for a special light show between the third and fourth quarters of the game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The Marching Band drumline performs at a Midnight Drummers Circle. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Green LED bracelets wait on the seats at Notre Dame Stadium before the game against OSU. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

The leprechaun waves the Notre Dame monogram flag before the football game against Ohio State. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Instructor Rev. Terrence Ehrman, C.S.C., wades in the water near the shore at St. Joseph’s Lake while his students collect samples in the water during Aquatic Ecology class. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Student Thad Lipinski pulls up a Van Dorn sampler to collect plankton from St. Mary’s Lake during Aquatic Ecology class. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Rev. John Santone, C.S.C., blesses pets near the statue of St. Francis of Assisi in Cedar Grove Cemetery. (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

People dance at the Diwali celebration hosted by the South Asian Student Association in the Dahnke Ballroom. (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

The Main Circle and the Golden Dome, autumn 2023. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Fireworks go off over Notre Dame Stadium at the conclusion of the 48–20 win over USC. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Carroll Hall’s giant “Go Irish” banner is framed between the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and the Main Building on a football Saturday. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Notre Dame leprechaun Kylee Kazenski interacts with fans before the game against Pittsburgh at Notre Dame Stadium. It was the first time Notre Dame had a female student in the leprechaun role for a football game. (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

An aerial of the Notre Dame campus during the football game against Pitt. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The Father Sorin statue on Main Quad casts an October shadow. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Men’s basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry stands with his team for the Notre Dame alma mater after his first unofficial game as head coach, a 96–62 exhibition game against Hanover College, his alma mater. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

In honor and celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience, in collaboration with artist-in-residence David Martin, hosted a Native American dance and drum performance in 101 DeBartolo Hall. The program featured songs and dance styles of Potawatomi and other Great Lakes region tribes to share culture, celebrate heritage, and strengthen connections between the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and the University of Notre Dame. It was the first time in nearly 30 years that Notre Dame hosted a large Indigenous dance and drum event on campus. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A Native American dance and drum performance takes place in 101 DeBartolo Hall. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

A Native American dance and drum performance featured songs and dance styles of Potawatomi and other Great Lakes region tribes. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Baraka Bouts 2023 (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

ROTC members stand vigil during the annual Veterans Day observation at Clarke Memorial Fountain. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

An ROTC member stands vigil during the annual Veterans Day observation at Clarke Memorial Fountain. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Main Building with the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome at sunset, autumn 2023. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art readies for its opening day. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Students get a first look during the University Student Preview Night at Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

Seniors (left to right) Annie Weir, Kendra Lyimo, and Caitlin Yarusso tour the Brenden and Marcia Beck Family Gallery during the University Student Preview Night at Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

The ceiling in the Mary, Queen of Families Chapel at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art features work from Italian artist Mimmo Paladino. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

East entrance to the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Sand mandala

The Tashi Kyil monks create a Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Jordan Hall of Science. The monks were invited by Notre Dame’s Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine. The mandala was created to honor the compassion of health care workers and anyone who dedicates their life to making the world a better place. The mandala was dismantled upon completion to symbolize the impermanence of all that exists. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)